AgResearch MIRINZ Meat Industry Workshop 2008

In October 2008, AgResearch MIRINZ held its fourth annual meat industry workshop at Ruakura.

Below are the presentations & posters from the workshop (Adobe Reader required).

Programme

• "Value From Quality": 2008 Programme

Opening Speeches

• Opening speech (Tim Ritchie)

• Opening speech (Jimmy Suttie)

Presentations

• A civil union: dairy-beef integration

• It all begins down on the farm

• The role of "super-shedders" in the transmission of E. Coli 0157

• IMPACT: IMproved PAthogen Control Technologies

• Effectiveness of chemical & refrigeration hurdles in the control of E. Coli 0157:H7

• What's living in that drain?

• Imaging for automation & its potential on the meat processing chain

• Colour display life of chilled lamb

• Seasonal variation in venison drip & tenderness

• Maximising the performance of NZ export beef

Posters

• Does intensification of dairy farming affect the prevalence of pathogenic bacteria on animal hides?

• Carcass & meat quality characteristics in young red deer stags of different growth rates

• The potential of Carnobacterium maltaromaticum as a control agent of Brochothrix thermosphacta in chilled lamb

• Electrical stimulation & wrapping avoids toughening effect of high pre rigor temperatures in beef